there's an oxymoron in here somewhere
seafood from a chain restaurant. does it get any better than that? it does when Long John Silver's decides to give away free shrimp on May 10th. that's right, one giant shrimp (measuring about half a foot) per customer. and the kicker? they're doing it to celebrate the discovery of the former large body of water on Mars. t.s.o.a. hereby recants any and all criticism of the Mars rovers - free shrimp for all! unfortunately, they don't have anything as good to wash it down with as the Lobsterita from Red Lobster.
meanwhile, check out the Lobsterita blog, run by some girl from Utah who steals gummy bears from her job. there's a great link to windup sushi (paging youthlarge...) and multiple pictures of Rivers Cuomo should you be into that sort of thing.
UPDATE: check out the press release from LJS about the event, featuring such memorable lines as:
"NASA is making history on Mars and Long John Silver's is making history here on earth," added [Chief Marketing Officer Mike] Baker. "Our faith in NASA has paid off. Their giant accomplishment calls for Giant Shrimp."
and
[LJS President Steve] Davis ended the letter by writing, "This is one small step for man, and one giant leap for Giant Shrimp." He also again expressed interest in Long John Silver's becoming the first seafood restaurant on Mars.
is Mars already open for franchising? did one of the rovers find an empty Starbucks cup in a crater? the mind boggles.
Comments
This reminds me of when Kim and I were moving to Atlanta with some colleagues of her parents, and we stopped at a Shoney's (sp?) on the way. Well, the guy we we were travelling with decides to get the salmon (at Shoneys!?!?) and proceeds to complain about it for roughly the next 5 hours. I mean, you got salmon at Shoney's, what do you expect? It's like getting the lobster roll at Mcdonalds. Of course it's gonna suck.
And yes, i did just post a Kim story to jamie's blog. (for those who don't know me this is truly a miraculous feat.)
Posted by: Phil | April 21, 2004 04:40 PM
Sadly, that must have been your best memory of Kim and Atlanta. It was all downhill after Shoney's.
Posted by: jake | April 22, 2004 10:00 AM
See the Sports Guy knows what I'm talkin about: "But I blame the league for expanding to a "Best-of-7" format last year, which was the worst idea since the McDonald's Lobster Roll."
Posted by: Phil | April 23, 2004 01:47 PM